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Working in teams with external users
We have a 'sister organisation' abroad. I find users marked with External, and chat with them no problem. Adding them to a team however is not supported. So whenever I add a user to a team the user ...
- Yes, as long as you don't have to add them as guest users with full resource permissions to a team for example you can have a look at the coming (like now) Direct Connect feature, also known as Teams Connect, shared channels. It lets you share a channel with your trusted (federation 2.0) partner/s instead of the entire team.
It's already in place in Azure AD portal under Cross-tenant access settings where you establish a trust between the orgs. This has to be done both ways. And will be added to Teams any day now in Public Preview.
The shared channels will appear in your Teams team list in your client so no need for tenant switching.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/microsoft-teams-connect-shared-channels-is-rolling-out-to-public/ba-p/3252901
